Riverside County Sheriff Thermal Heliport
1CA2 · Thermal, California · Riverside County · map
Riverside County Sheriff Thermal Heliport is a private heliport owned by Riverside County Sheriff Dept, 1 mile west of Thermal, California, -117 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 48 by 48 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1CA2
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Riverside County Sheriff Dept
- Elevation
- -117 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2019
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 48 × 48 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Thermal from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Thermal, California: 3 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.